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Severe Thunderstorm Warning Central Shelby County

Weather

June 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

613 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 613 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HARLAN…OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF DENISON…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

HARLAN…ELK HORN…PANAMA…PORTSMOUTH…WESTPHALIA…TENNANT…

KIRKMAN…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK AND

ELK HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA.

 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 83.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

 

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.